Smartphones and gadgets? Sure, people leave these inside ride-hailing vehicles and taxis all the time. The same goes for wallets, sunglasses, earphones, and other easy-to-misplace personal belongings.
Sometimes, there are total head-scratchers, though. You wouldn’t imagine someone would be traveling around town with rabbit legs or a bulletproof vest on their person, let alone end up leaving these objects behind in their ride-hailing service. But according to Uber, this is exactly the case.
The company has released its annual Lost and Found Index that tallies everything that was left behind by passengers inside their Ubers over the past year. The document also contains a list of the ‘50 most unique lost items.’ Its contents are interesting, to say the least. Look:
The 50 most unique lost items
- A tooth
- 22 bundt cakes and a pan of macaroni and cheese
- Washing liquid
- A nude corset
- Part of an ankle monitor
- FBI bulletproof vest
- A cooler full of fish
- Fresh shrimp
- A rolled-up poster held with an elastic band. “It says ‘end this bummer’ with endless summer artwork.”
- A green dinosaur Halloween costume and a knife
- Rabbit legs
- Unicorn tail and a piñata
- A framed Beauty and the Beast signed picture in a plastic case
- Antique roller blades, Christmas plates, and a cookie jar
- The fur cover for my knee scooter. “Cuz I broke my foot.”
- A toilet seat and welcome door sign shaped like a lemon with a blue ribbon on it
- A sushi platter
- A large painting of Kate Middleton and a small painting of the grim reaper
- A little purple hair bonnet
- Bath set and a sack of potatoes
- A lot of frozen meat
- Catheter
- A leopard print pink bikini
- Special items from Victoria’s Secret
- Wig brush, in the trunk
- A machine foot for sewing
- Neck brace and diary
- Hospital scissors
- Otter plush animal
- Harry Potter wand and a feather pen
- False eyelashes and dish soap
- Headband with horns and an oxygen tank
- Mannequin head
- Welding hood
- Black cane with a skull handle
- Birth certificate inside an Ugg earmuff box
- A popcorn bucket from Disney World
- Dog collar with a tag that says ‘Nugget’
- A tattoo machine
- Raw chicken and 20 pounds of salt
- A clear face shield with a ladybug stripe on the forehead
- Crystal chandelier
- One can of crab meat and a package of lobster
- One pound of smoked salmon
- A prosthetic leg
- Wine and my edibles
- A dog’s ashes
- An angel charm
- Ham for Thanksgiving
- Mosquito net
If we had to rank the items up there based on weirdness, we’d have to list the catheter, ankle monitor, and bulletproof vest in the top three, respectively. Uber also released a list of the most commonly left behind items inside its vehicles. Not surprisingly, phones were number one. Check out the rest of the list below:
The 10 most commonly forgotten items:
- Phone
- Camera
- Wallet
- Keys
- Backpack/luggage
- Headphones
- Glasses
- Vape/electronic cigarette
- ID
- Water bottle
Other interesting pieces of information inside the company’s 2021 Lost and Found Index include over $60,000 (P2.8 million) in cash left behind inside Ubers throughout the year, as well as Apple products being nine times more frequently left behind than Samsungs. You can check out the report in its entirety here.
So, what’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen left inside a taxi or ride-hailing vehicle? Let us know in the comments.
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